16 June 2013 - The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
|
|
10:00am Eucharist, II
Summer Choir / Touring Choir
John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster
Carter Leer, Assisting Organist
Howells / Psalm-Prelude, Op. 32, No. 1
Walmisley / Psalm 5:1-8 Verba mea audibus
Vaughan Williams / Love bade me welcome from Five Mystical Songs
Durufl� / Ubi caritas
Byrd / Kyrie & Agnus Dei from Mass for Four Voices
Bach / Pi�ce d'Orgue, BWV 572
Hymns
410*Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Lauda anima
382* King of glory, King of peace General Seminary
691*My faith looks up to thee Olivet
5:00pm Eucharist, II
Andrew Burton, Clarinetist
John Linker, Organist
Howells / Psalm-Prelude, Op. 32, No. 1
Bach / Pi�ce d'Orgue, BWV 572
Hymns
410* Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Lauda anima
511* Holy Spirit, ever living Abbot's Leigh
43* All praise to thee, my God The Eighth Tune
[* = Hymns chosen from the 2009 Hymn Survey]
|
|
|
Notes for Sunday's Music
With this Sunday being the first opportunity to hear our completed organ built by Goulding & Wood Organbuilders of Indianapolis (the "Miller and Wrigley Organ"), some wonderful music has been chosen to highlight the strengths and colors of this dynamic instrument.
Though this organ is able to play literature from all periods, at its core it is an Anglican service organ, immediately evident in the first notes of this week's opening voluntary. Herbert Howells penned three sets of Psalm-Preludes for organ, each inspired by a particular verse of the Psalter. Characteristic of Howells's organ music is an architectural sweep from sublimely pensive opening through a blazing and impassioned climax to the quietest of endings. This work was written when many of the composer's friends were enduring the horrors of World War I, and something of this strong faith in God's mercy can be detected in this Psalm-Prelude.
The organ's versatility in accompanying is evident in Love bade me welcome from Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams. As tenor Whit Whitaker artfully communicates this beautiful text by 17th-century priest George Herbert, the organ supports with an orchestral style of accompaniment complete with luscious strings and cantabile solo registers. The work received its first performance on 14 September 1911, at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester (England), with Vaughan Williams conducting.
Bach's Pi�ce d'Orgue was played one year ago on our last Sunday with our old Holloway organ on 10 June 2012, again on our new instrument at the open house in Indianapolis last April 5th, and again today on our completed new organ, making a conclusion to a "trinity" of performances of this work. Bach's reason for composing the Fantasia in G Major (Pi�ce d'Orgue) BWV 572 may never be discerned, and the work stands mysteriously unique in his output. In texture and temper its three sections could hardly differ more strikingly from each other, yet in conception they are clearly one. Few works by any master reveal their consummate beauty more slowly or make greater demands on the listener.
|
|
|
Organ installation nearly complete
This past Sunday 9 June we were able to use portions of the organ for the first time in services. A few of the principal and flute ranks were tuned just for our use that weekend, and the sound was most splendid. This week the organ builders are working on "tonal finishing," a process that optimizes the speech of each pipe in the church. More of the organ in its versatile glory will be used for this weekend's services.
Choir Send-Off Concert 23 June
Join us for a special concert on Sunday 23 June at 4:00pm as the choir sings repertoire that will go on tour with them to Italy and France later this month, where they'll sing concerts and services in Rome, Florence, and Paris. Following this concert, the choir will sing the 5:00pm Eucharist that evening.
Choirs are Enrolling for 2013-14We're planning an action-packed academic year, and we want YOU! Good Shepherd offers choirs for all ages, from preschool through retirement. Instruction in music theory, choral repertoire, foreign languages, rehearsal, performance, spirituality, and liturgical education are all part of the package. And all of this is offered for FREE! Contact John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster, for more information.
|
 | | Organ technician David Sims inside the C#-Side of the Antiphonal |
C-Side Resort
Have you ever wondered why organ pipes are organized in the particular fashion that they are? There are many methods for pipe organization that we've inherited from many national styles, but the two most common ways of pipe configuration are chromatic placement and whole tone placement. There are advantages to both. The small Steiner positive organ we've used over the past year is organized chromatically, that is, each pipe is in succession from largest to smallest, going left to right. This makes it easy to tune as the tuner just keeps looking for the next smaller pipe on the way up.
Most larger instruments divide the pipes into two halves organized by whole steps (e.g., C-D-E-F#-G#-A#-C, and C#-D#-F-G-A-B-C#). Major advantages to this configuration include more balanced weight distribution(the larger pipes are heavier) and visual symmetry. In this configuration the two halves are referred to as "C-Side" and "C#-Side." It takes at least two people to tune the organ, one holding the keys and one to adjust tuning sleeves on the pipes. One has to not fear heights, or at least be able to ignore those fears,
to be an organ technician!
|
Concerts in Good Shepherd |
 | Goulding & Wood Opus 50
The "Miller and Wrigley Organ" |
Friday 21 June at 7:30pm . -
The dedicatory recital of our new organ, the "Miller and Wrigley Organ" built by Goulding & Wood Organbuilders.
John Linker, along with Owen Sammons (organist at St Peter's in Paris, KY) and Schuyler Robinson (organ professor at University of Kentucky), will present the dedicatory recital with an eclectic program of organ repertoire. On the program will be subtle and not-so-subtle works by Bach, Franck, Rheinberger, Messiaen, Howells, Vierne, Cook, Albright, and Mulet.
|
 Sunday 23 June at 4:00pm - Bon Voyage Concert (followed by Eucharist at 5:00pm)
Join us for a special send-off concert as the choir prepares to depart for Italy and France. The Choir will be singing services and concerts in Rome, Florence, and Paris, visiting parishes and the Cathedral in the American Episcopal Diocese of Europe.
|
 | The American Cathedral, Paris
|
Choir Europe Tour 2013
One of the purposes of this choir pilgrimage is to visit our sister Episcopal parishes in Europe and to visit many other holy sites along the way. Just as there is an Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, with its mother church (Cathedral) located in Lexington and parishes spanning a defined geographic region, there is also a Diocese of Europe (technically called the "Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe"). The Cathedral for this diocese is located in Paris and twenty-two parishes are found throughout Europe. The Director of Music at the American Cathedral is Kentucky native Zach Ullery, Good Shepherd's former Assistant Organist from 2001-2008. Click the links below to learn more about the venues in which our Choir will be singing. St Pauls Within the Walls, RomeSt James Church, FlorenceL'Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris The American Cathedral, Paris
|
Advance Planning - Highlights for 2013/14
|
Choir Reunion Weekend
Mark your calendars now for an exciting weekend of reunion activities for the choir program from 20 - 22 September 2013! As a way of celebrating the installation of our new Goulding & Wood organ, all singers of Good Shepherd Choirs, past and present, are invited to participate in this weekend of choral festivities. If you haven't done so already, please be in touch with John Linker and he will provide you with pertinent details.
Annual All Saints' Concert - 1 November
This year's All Saints' Concert will feature Mozart's final masterpiece, Requiem, K. 626. Note that this year's concert will be on a Friday evening at 7:00pm.
Organist Olivier Latry coming to Good Shepherd in 2014
Olivier Latry, one of the three organistes-titulaires de Grande-Orgue of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, will be playing a recital in Good Shepherd on Friday 28 February 2014. This remarkable event will be co-sponsored between the Lexington and Louisville Chapters of the American Guild of Organists as well as Good Shepherd. Latry is also organ professor at Paris Conservatory and is considered to be one of the finest organists in the world. You may read more info about this dynamic musician here.
|
|
